1986 Milwaukee Brewers season

The Milwaukee Brewers' 1986 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 77 wins and 84 losses.

1986 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bud Selig
General manager(s)Harry Dalton
Manager(s)George Bamberger, Tom Trebelhorn
Local televisionWVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
Local radioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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Offseason

Regular season

Teddy Higuera would win 20 games in 1986 and would be the last 20 game winner in the 20th century for the Brewers.[9]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9566 0.590 — 51–30 44–36
New York Yankees 9072 0.556 5½ 41–39 49–33
Detroit Tigers 8775 0.537 8½ 49–32 38–43
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 0.531 9½ 42–39 44–37
Cleveland Indians 8478 0.519 11½ 45–35 39–43
Milwaukee Brewers 7784 0.478 18 41–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 7389 0.451 22½ 37–42 36–47

Record vs. opponents
1986 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–4—5–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–5—7–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–7—5–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–5—4–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–4—5–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–5—6–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–6—4–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–4—4–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–4—5–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–5—10–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–10—4–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–4—5–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster
1986 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRick Cerone6821656.259418
1BCecil Cooper134542140.2581275
2BJim Gantner139497136.274738
3BPaul Molitor105437123.281955
SSErnest Riles145524132.252947
CFRobin Yount140522163.312946
RFRob Deer134466108.2323386

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Gorman Thomas4414526.179610
Juan Castillo26549.16705
Steve Kiefer260.00000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Teddy Higuera34248.120112.79207

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Danny Darwin27130.1683.5280
Mark Knudson417.2017.649

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mark Clear5955162.2085

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1986.[13] The El Paso Diablos won the Texas League championship,[14] and the Stockton Ports won the California League championship.[15]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Terry Bevington
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Duffy Dyer
Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Machemer
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Gomer Hodge
Rookie Helena Gold Sox Pioneer League Dave Huppert

References
  1. Rick Waits at Baseball-Reference
  2. Pete Ladd at Baseball-Reference
  3. Ed Romero at Baseball-Reference
  4. Rob Deer at Baseball-Reference
  5. Danny Darwin at Baseball-Reference
  6. Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference
  7. Steve Stanicek at Baseball-Reference
  8. Charlie O'Brien at Baseball-Reference
  9. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  10. Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference
  11. Gary Sheffield at Baseball-Reference
  12. Tim McIntosh at Baseball-Reference
  13. "1986 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  14. "Texas League Champions". Texas League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  15. "California League Champions". California League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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